The Gods don’t care what we call them.”“Wow,” I nodded, my eyes shining wide. “Maybe ... I could be a servant.”“Maybe,” she shrugged. ...��The Bodyguards are recruiting. I have three new girls with me. Maybe you’ll toughen up in a few years. I think we’re gonna need strong girls like you.”“I can be strong,” I boasted. “For the Gods.”“Good, poppy.”“But, um, why would you need more.”She furrowed her forehead. “Well, evil is stirring again. The nuns are back, slinking in the shadows. The faithful need. You smile back at my reflection and assure me that you are not just ready, but hungry, starving even, for whatever awaits.As we step into the small cabin of the elevator a spontaneous thought arises (no, I really hadn't planned anything for the elevator trip) and I glance at the doorman to ask if the elevator ride is a long one.He replies that it's not, but reaches into his coat pocket and produces one of those circular keys, explaining hopefully that if we don't mind some company he can make. The car took them to the airport where they arrived just as an airliner was landing. Stepping out of the Rolls-Royce, Elaheh in an abaya and Kate, nude, on a leash as her pet dog, they did not have to wait long for the passengers to come down the steps from the Jumbo Jet. Kate suddenly felt humiliated when she realised that the first one off the aeroplane was Jeremy, her husband. It seemed as though their marriage, three weeks earlier had been two other people in a completely different. She'd get even for that. She didn't know how but she would. And she was mad at his prissy kid sister, the reason Ravi wouldn't have sex with her and the 'good girl' he compared her to.And now she was angry with her stepmother, too. Not angry because the woman was cheating on Leena's Daddy, Reverend Wilson. He deserved that because he cheated all the time. She was mad at her because as she grunted and moaned and wrapped her legs around Mr. Best, she was getting what little Leena had been sure.